... the Pearl of Pashtunistan ...
, said a statement issued by the Inter-Services Public Relations.
Major Ishaq was killed while security forces were "conducting a search operation on presence of
Chief of Army Staff Qamar Jawed Bajwa and other army officials attended the funeral prayers of the martyred major who leaves behind a wife and a one-year-old son.
On November 13, at least two soldiers were martyred and four others were maimed in a suspected murderous Moslem attack on a checkpost near the Pak-Afghan border in Bajaur Agency, aka Turban Central
...Smallest of the agencies in FATA. The Agency administration is located in Khar. Bajaur is inhabited almost exclusively by Tarkani Pashtuns, which are divided into multiple bickering subtribes. Its 52 km border border with Afghanistan's Kunar Province makes it of strategic importance to Pakistain's strategic depth.... The martyred soldiers were identified as Capt Junaid Hafeez and Sepoy Raham.